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• FIN 420 Entire Course
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• FIN 420 Week 1 Individual Assignment Identify
  Personal Financial Goals
• FIN 420 Week 1 DQ 1
• FIN 420 Week 1 DQ 2

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• FIN 420 Week 1 DQ 1
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• Describe your current budgeting system. What
  factors influence your financial decisions? What
  are the benefits or concerns of your current
  budgeting system

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• FIN 420 Week 1 DQ 2
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• Ch. 1 of Focus on Personal Finance introduces
  eight components of personal financial planning.
  Describe three components of personal financial
  planning. Visit one of the Key websites suggested
  on the corresponding pages of Focus on Personal
  Finance for each of the three components you
  described. What information did you find most
  valuable on the

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• FIN 420 Week 1 Individual Assignment Personal
  Finance Mission Statement
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• Write a 350- to 700-word personal finance mission
  statement that describes where you want to be
  financially and how you want to get there.
  Communicate the following in your mission
  statement
• Personal values

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• FIN 420 Week 2 Case Study Carol Jones
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• Write a 500- to 750-word paper that addresses the
  following items from the case study
•          Apply financial planning concepts to
  advise Carol and explain how Carol can benefit
  from financial planning. Describe the benefits of
  using financial statements in financial

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• FIN 420 Week 2 DQ 1
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• Consider your personal cash flows. How would you
  adjust cash outflows (i.e. adjust your budget) if
  your household income was cut in half? If your
  cash inflows increased, how

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• FIN 420 Week 2 DQ 2
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• Many different types of financial institutions
  exist. Differentiate between deposit institutions
  and non-deposit institutions. Provide two
  examples of deposit and non-deposit

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• FIN 420 Week 2 Team The Johnsons
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• FIN 420 Week 2 Learning Team The Johnsons
• Review Case 1, The Johnsons Decide to Buy a
  Car, p. 245.

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• FIN 420 Week 3 Bond Ratings
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• FIN 420 Week 3 Bond Ratings
• Research bond information within the University
  Library or the Internet.
• Answer the following

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• FIN 420 Week 3 DQ 1
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• Evaluate your personal risk tolerance using
  Exhibit 11-2 A Quick Test to Measure Investment
  Risk in Ch. 11 of Focus on Personal Finance.
  Based on your results, were you considered more
  conservative or less conservative? What factors
  affected your investment choices? Consider a
  friend or family member who is more conservative
  or less

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• FIN 420 Week 3 DQ 2
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• Financial experts agree that having an emergency
  fund is an essential component of a comprehensive
  financial plan. However, advice regarding the
  number of months of household expenses the
  emergency fund should cover varies between 3 and
  9 months. Taking into account the current
  financial environment, how many months of
  expenses

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• FIN 420 Week 3 Team Mutual Funds Analysis
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• FIN 420 Week 3 Team Mutual Funds Analysis
• Research a mutual fund family such as Vanguard,
  American Funds, T. Rowe Price, and so forth.

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• FIN 420 Week 4 DQ 1
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• Adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) have received a
  great deal of bad press due to the tremendous
  number of foreclosures resulting from families
  who could not afford the loan

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• FIN 420 Week 4 DQ 2
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• Visit a site such as www.bankrate.com to
  determine current rates for both a 60-month and a
  36-month loan on a new car where the buyer must
  finance 20,000. Using the loan

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• FIN 420 Week 4 Team Life Insurance Paper
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• FIN 420 Week 4 Team Life Insurance Paper
• Write a 1,150- to 2,000-word paper about life
  insurance that explains some basics to a
  potential purchaser.

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• FIN 420 Week 4 Team Life Insurance Presentation
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• FIN 420 Week 4 Team Life Insurance Presentation
• Include the following
• Compare and contrast the various forms of life
  insurance.

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• FIN 420 Week 4 Textbook Problems
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• FIN 420 Week 4 Textbook Problems
• Write a 175- to 350-word response to Case 6 on p.
  317 in Ch. 10 of Personal Finance.
• Complete Do the Math, 2 on p. 344 in Ch. 11 of
  Personal Finance.
• Complete 1, Calculating Life Insurance Need,
  on p. 376 in Ch. 12 of Personal Finance.

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• FIN 420 Week 5 DQ 1
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• Life insurance is a topic many people do not like
  to discuss, but understanding your familys needs
  and planning appropriately in the event of a
  premature death is also part of a

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• FIN 420 Week 5 DQ 2
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• Consider your current financial plan. Based on
  what you have learned about your financial goals,
  risk tolerance, and risk and return of various
  investment options, what

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• FIN 420 Week 5 Research and Reflect
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• FIN 420 Week 5 Research and Reflect
• Choose one major concept from this course.
• Research this concept within the University
  Library.

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• FIN 420 Week 5 Team Scenario Assignment
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• FIN 420 Week 5 Team Scenario Assignment
• Choose one of the four following life situations
• Husband/wife, two kids, 1 income, mortgage, good
  salary, some savings, and no college fund.

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